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Table 1 General information and clinical findings of published cases of IE-related peritonitis in patients undergoing PD

From: Recurrent peritonitis relapse in a patient with atrial septal defect undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a case report

Case/Reference

Age

Sex

Previous peritonitis

Echocardiography

Predisposing factors

Blood culture

PD effluent culture

History of cardiac disease

Treatment

1/[29]

13

F

Yes

IE

Recurrent urinary tract infection

Negative

Negative

None

Vancomycin Gentamicin

2/[30]

77

F

NR

IE

NR

Streptococcus equinus

Streptococcus equinus

None

Vancomycin

3/[27]

39

F

NR

IE

Vertebral osteomyelitis

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

None

Vancomycin Oxacillin

4/[28]

20

M

NR

Autopsy confirmed IE

Chronic rheumatic valvular disease

Streptococcus faecalis

Streptococcus faecalis

Chronic rheumatic valvular disease

NR

  1. F female, IE Infective endocarditis, M Male, NR Not reported, PD Peritoneal dialysis